Ilse-Margret Vogel's
papers focus on her work as an author and illustrator of children's books. The
collection contains production material for eleven titles published between
1964 and 1984. Production materials include both manuscript and illustrative
materials. Manuscript materials include typescripts, proofs, front matter, a
dummy, and notes. Illustrative materials include illustrations, sketches, and
studies done in a variety of media, pieces of text proof, and an ink
calligraphy. The collection also contains miscellaneous materials including
some art done for Humpty-Dumpty's Magazine for Little
Children and other sketches, and some general material including a
photograph, reviews including one in German, and some correspondence dating up
to 1987.

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Ilse-Margret Vogel was born June 5, 1914 in Sybillenort, Germany [now
Poland]. She was educated in Germany and studied art in Berlin prior to World
War II; she later studied art in Basel, Switzerland after the war. In the
1940s, Ilse-Margret Vogel co-founded and co-owned the Rosen Art Gallery, the
first modern art gallery in Berlin. She came to the United States in 1950 and
in 1954 began writing for Humpty-Dumpty's Magazine for
Little Children . Ilse-Margret Vogel wrote and illustrated her first book
for children The Don't Be Scared Book: Scares, Remedies
and Pictures, a picture book about fears, in 1964. During her long
career, Ilse-Margret Vogel has illustrated many picture books including several
for Golden Books. She has also written and illustrated several books for older
readers such as The Rainbow Dress, and Other Tollush
Tales (1975) and Dodo Every Day (1977) that
draw on her experiences with her grandmother and the stories she heard from her
as a child. In 1984, Ilse-Margret Vogel published Tikhon, a story about a young German girl and the
Russian soldier she and her family befriend in post-World War I Germany. In
1992, she published Bad Times, Good Friends: A Personal
Memoir that told of her life in Berlin during World War II

Biographical Source: Something About the
Author , vol. 14, p. 231.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection contains production material for eleven titles
published between 1964 and 1984. Production materials include both manuscript
and illustrative materials. Manuscript materials include typescripts, proofs,
front matter, a dummy, and notes. Illustrative materials include illustrations,
sketches, and studies done in a variety of media, pieces of text proof, and an
ink calligraphy. The collection also contains miscellaneous materials including
some art done for Humpty-Dumpty's Magazine for Little
Children and other sketches, and some general miscellaneous material
including a photograph, reviews including one in German, and some
correspondence dating up to 1987. The materials are arranged by title with
folder and box level control.

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